Edward christian horn and fuller claflin



No. 6l3.372. Patented Nov. I, |898: E. C. HORN & F. CLAFLIN.

WATER HEATER.

(Appueatiqp med Apr. 26, 1897.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD CHRISTIAN HORN AND'FULLER CLAFLIN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

WATER-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 613,372, dated November 1, 1898. Application led April 26 1897. Serial No..633,998. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD CHRISTIAN HORN and FULLER CLAELIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements lin Water-Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to instantaneously heat a continuous stream of water by means of a gas-burner and its connections.

In the accompanying drawings, which embody our invention, Figure lis a vertical section of the device. Fig. 2 is a side view of same. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the gas-burner and connections at point indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. the device with supply and outlet pipes removed. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of the reservoir through which water is supplied to the heating combination.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A indicates a cylinder slightly enlarged at each end, inside of which is the gas-burner B, supplied with gas by the pipe C.

D indicates a reservoir supplied with water from the pipe E, which is screwed into a hole in the top of the reservoir. This pipe may be unscrewed from the reservoir and the funnel F substituted, water being then poured into the funnel.

Gindicates rods passing downward through slightly-larger holes G in the bottom of the reservoir.

' kept in position from workin g upward by the collar I, which rests loosely on the inside bottom of the reservoir.

The rods G are held in position at their lower ends by the circular iiat plate J, through which they pass, and a small nut K on the bottom end of two rods keeps the plate from dropping when the reservoir and rods are.

lifted out of the cylinder for cleaning purposes.

The burnerB is in the form of a cone and, as indicated by the drawings, has four openings in the sides near the top and a smaller round opening on the extreme top, at which points the gas is ignited. -A Iixed circular plate L forms the bottom of the burner and also a bottom inside the cylinder. In this Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of v(Indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.) Beneath this `plate is a movable circular plate N, with a similar center hole and similar openings O,

`and tothis plate is attached a lever P, which passes outside'of the cylinder through the slot Q. By pushing this lever from the position in which it is shown by solid lines P in Fig. 4 to the position shown by dotted lines P the openings in the plate N coincide with the openings in the plate L, admitting air to the bottom of the burner, which air is mixed with the gas supplied by the pipe C and controlled as to amount admitted by adjustment of the lever.

R indicates openings in the cylinder, I

through which air is admitted, and S a similar openingthrough which to light the gas as it emerges from the burner.

T indicates a pipe through which the heated water flows from the device.

It is evident that when the reservoir D is lled with water small streams will run from its bottom through the holes G' and H and down the rods G and H, which are enough smaller than the holes to not entirely ll them,

and it is also evident that from the ends of the rods H, which, owing to the beveled bottom edge of the reservoir D, are inclined toward the side of the cylinder A, the Water will run onto and down the inside of the cylinder, while from the longer rods Gr the water will drip to the `inside bottom of the cylinder, whence, uniting with the water which has run down the inside of the cylinder, it will emerge from the device through the pipe T. It is further evident that thecombustion of gas and air at the top of the burner B will heat the water thus conveyed and distributed to and around the burner.

We are aware that it is not new to provide a gas-burning water-heater with a cylindrical hot-air iiue through which pass wires for the distribution and heating of water fed to the wires from a reservoir above same, and such we donot claim, broadly, as our invention.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isd- 1. In a water-heater, an outer shell, pros vided with a heating device located near its bottom and a reservoir for receiving and dis- IOO tributing water located near its top, in combination with a series of straight, round, metal rods, G, entering said reservoir vertically through a corresponding series of holes in its bottom, and extending downwardly therefrom and througha corresponding series of holes in an annular plate located near the bottom of said shell, beneath which said plate the said rods terminate, and through the center of which said plate the said heating device protrudes upwardly, the said rods being adapted to distribute and convey smalls streams of water from said reservoir to and around said heating device, substantially as shown and described.

2. ln a water-heater, an outer shell, provided with a heating device located near its bottom and a reservoir for receiving and distributing water located near its top, and a series of straight, round, metal rods entering said reservoir vertically through a corresponding series of holes in its bottom and eX- tending downwardly therefrom and through a corresponding series of holes in an annular plate located near the bottom of said shell, beneath which said plate the said rods terminate, and through the center of which said plate the said heating device protrudes upwardly, in combination with a second series of straight, round, metal rods, H, entering said reservoir obliquely through acorresponding series of holes near the edge of its bottom, and extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom, terminating against the inner surface of said outer shell; the said second series of rods being adapted to distribute and convey water from said reservoir to and around the inner surface of said outer shell, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a Water-heater, an outer shell, provided with a heating device located near its bottom and a reservoir for receiving and distributing water located near its top, and a series of straight, round, metal rods entering said reservoir vertically through a corresponding series of holes in its bottom and extending downwardly therefrom and through a corresponding series of holes in an annular plate located near the bottom of said shell, beneath which said plate the said rods terminate, and through the center of which said 'plate the said heating device protrudes upwardly, and a second series of straight, round, metal rods entering said reservoir obliquely through a corresponding series of holes near the edge of its bottom and extending out- Wardly and downwardly therefrom, terminating against the inner surface of said outer shell, in combination with a cylindrical collar, I, inside of said reservoir, said collar being adapted to keep said second series of rods from sliding upwardly, substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD CHRISTIAN HORN. FULLER CLAFLIN. Vit-nesses:

RUDOLPH HEILMANN, WILLIAM HENRY MCELFATRICK. 

